By Richard Pagliaro | Friday, August 8, 2025
Photo credit: Matthew Calvis
The US Open is over before it began for Paula Badosa.
Former world No. 2 Badosa has officially withdrawn from this month’s US Open.
Badosa, who has been battling a back injury in recent years, has not played a match since bowing to Briton Katie Boulter in three sets in her Wimbledon opener last month.
Badosa’s departure gives Swiss Jil Teichmann into the US Open main draw, the USTA announced today. Veteran Alize Cornet is now the first player out of the main draw.
Initially, Badosa and ex-boyfriend Stefanos Tsitsipas were on the entry list for the US Open Mixed Doubles tournament. After they split as a couple, the pair withdrew from the US Open Mixed Doubles.
On the USTA’s most recent entry list, Badosa was set to partner Jack Draper in a match of Indian Wells’ champions, but that will not happen with her Flushing Meadows withdrawal.
An Australian Open semifinalist in January, Badosa will miss the US Open in her birthplace of New York City for the second time in the last three years.
A year ago, Badosa reached the US Open quarterfinals losing to Emma Navarro 6-2, 7-5. Badosa went on to a successful Asian swing reaching semifinals at the WTA 1000 in Beijing and at the WTA 500 in Ningbo where she retired after dropping the first set to Daria Kasatina.
Due to her back issues, Badosa has either retired or conceded a walkover seven times in the last two years.
